as in subsidy
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
the committee receives an annual subvention from the foundation to run the museum
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Recent Examples of subvention
It’s needed, Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West contends, to shore up vital health care services threatened by reductions in federal subventions and the state budget’s own deficits.
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Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Indeed, Cold War–era American institutions and personalities who promoted the ideal of aesthetic autonomy while trying to dissuade writers and artists from left-wing politics and propagandizing (sometimes with the help of CIA subventions) represented a glaring contradiction.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But maintaining these subventions after the U.S. midterm elections, especially if Republicans win control of the House of Representatives as expected, will likely be difficult.
—Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2022
The best-case scenario: the government can step in to bear some of the banks’ burden by introducing an interest subvention scheme (where the government bears some of the interest cost on loans).
—Joydeep Ghosh, Quartz India, 1 Oct. 2020
When paternal subventions were not forthcoming, Neruda hit on the idea of securing a diplomatic post abroad through Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 2 July 2018
Without subventions from Washington, Tesla’s market capitalization never would have even briefly exceeded GM’s.
—George Will, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017
Dan Walters, Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2026
Indeed, Cold War–era American institutions and personalities who promoted the ideal of aesthetic autonomy while trying to dissuade writers and artists from left-wing politics and propagandizing (sometimes with the help of CIA subventions) represented a glaring contradiction.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
But maintaining these subventions after the U.S. midterm elections, especially if Republicans win control of the House of Representatives as expected, will likely be difficult.
—Melinda Haring, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2022
The best-case scenario: the government can step in to bear some of the banks’ burden by introducing an interest subvention scheme (where the government bears some of the interest cost on loans).
—Joydeep Ghosh, Quartz India, 1 Oct. 2020
When paternal subventions were not forthcoming, Neruda hit on the idea of securing a diplomatic post abroad through Chile’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
—Benjamin Kunkel, The New Republic, 2 July 2018
Without subventions from Washington, Tesla’s market capitalization never would have even briefly exceeded GM’s.
—George Will, National Review, 11 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for subvention
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San Francisco—which adopted Housing First in 2009—is illustrative, with 60 percent of its massive homelessness budget being spent on housing subsidies for the formerly homeless.—
Christopher Calton,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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Other regions are offering subsidies to renovate, or even giving properties away for free, provided buyers commit to living in them.—
Mark Dent,
HubSpot,
8 May 2026
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Several of these PACs are affiliated with an organization called Public First, which received a grant of twenty million dollars from Anthropic.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The state counterpart to the National Institutes of Health would fund grants and programs for research in biomedicine, climate, wildfire, and infectious disease, among other areas.—
Jaweed Kaleem,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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The defending champs sold out all 8,700 season-ticket memberships for the 2026 season with a 92% renewal rate from the previous season, becoming the first team in league history to sell out season ticket allotments for three consecutive years, the person said.—
Michael Ozanian,
CNBC,
4 May 2026
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The Treat a Stranger Grant will be an annual program for which an allotment of money will be distributed however the selection jury sees fit—to a group of artists, one artist, or through other arrangements.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Subvention.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subvention. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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